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Common Core Standards R1.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. R1.4.5 Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text. R1.4.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. RF.4.9 Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. W.4.3d Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. W.4.5 With guidance and support from peers and adullts, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. SL4.1a Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material. Explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about that topic to explore ideas under discussion.

Suggested Student Objectives Students will be able to utilize the writing process to construct a well organized research report about civil rights leaders using current documents from internet and books Students will read for information and understanding Students wil learn to write an informative report using pertinent evidence from text Students will read and share their stories aloud and will discuss importance of leaders and their contributions to society Students will write a narrative composition

Suggested Additional Readings Leveled Readers from Journeys should be used for Guided Reading but for research purposes as well. **Using Toolkit Texts**: "Inalienable Rights" "We Were Here Too" "The Negro Baseball Leagues" "Women of the Negro Leagues" "Jack Roosevelt Robinson: Baseball's First Black Superstar" "Words of Peace" "The Struggle for Equal Rights" "You Have a Choice"

Resource Links > Nobel Prize Winner Nelson Mandela > BrainPop Video: Apartheid > Discovery Education (United Streaming) DatabaseSearch Term: Nelson Mandela > Grolier Online: Search Term:Nelson Mandela > Time Magazine Obituary about Coretta Scott King > Grolier Online: Search Term: Coretta Scott King > White House Biographies: Lyndon Johnson > Lyndon Johnson Facts
 * Chris Soentpiet Website
 * Discovery Education (United Streaming) DatabaseChoose Video Title: Civil Rights Movement: Equality for All Americans
 * BrainPop Civil Rights Video
 * Notable Biographies
 * Civil Rights Flipchart
 * Digital History: Thurgood Marshall
 * Thurgood Marshall Facts
 * Thurgood Marshall Biography and Video
 * BrainPop Brown V. Board of Ed of Topeka Video
 * Thurgood Marshall Facts for America;s Library
 * Notable Biographies
 * Discovery Education (United Streaming) DatabaseSearch Term: Thurgood Marshall
 * Grolier Online: Search Term: Thurgood Marshall
 * BrainPop Harlem Renaissance Video
 * Crayola Bold and Bright in Harlem
 * Harlem Renaissance Facts
 * Poet Hero Langston Hughes
 * Langston Hughes Facts from America's Library
 * Grolier Online: Search Term Harlem Renaissance
 * Nelson Mandela Biography
 * Coretta Scott King: First Lady of Civil Rights
 * Notable BiographiesHistory Channel: Lyndon Johnson Videos
 * LBJ for Kids: Civil Rights

Activities

Assessments Students' research report shoud be graded via ELA rubric

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